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SEATTLE-Multimedia messaging service activity continued to grow at an impressive clip in April, with nearly 8 percent of U.S. wireless users sending photos from their handsets to another phone or …

BOSTON-Mobile marketing company m-Qube said it has teamed with Nestle Nesquick for an integrated mobile promotion to attract teen-agers and young adults. The promotion includes an instant-win game that allows …

PLEASANTON, Calif.-FunMail launched its new VizTones multimedia ringtone technology, which incorporates wallpapers, animations and ringtones into a rich media ringtone. Customers can purchase bundled image and ringtone content as part …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Internet-based digital radio network Mercora said it is bringing its user-contributed streaming audio service to Windows Mobile-based handhelds. The company launched IM Radio Mobile v1.0, featuring more than …

Nokia’s N90, part of the company’s new N-series of multimedia devices, includes a 2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and VHS-resolution video capture. It should be available during the second …

Cassandra and Curtis Brown have set their sights on perhaps the most niche of all mobile markets: fans of “holy hip-hop.” The Pittsburgh-area couple recently partnered with mobile music provider …

BEIJING-China Mobile’s 220 million subscribers will be able to access content from MTV networks under an agreement announced Thursday. Beginning May 1, subscribers of China’s largest wireless carrier can download …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-MediaBay Inc. and DotPhoto Inc. announced an agreement that calls for the companies to offer MediaBay’s classic radio show library through DotPhoto’s Ringtalker ringtone service. MediaBay’s library includes …

ESPOO, Finland-Yahoo! will provide Internet-based services and content to Series 60 devices from Nokia Corp., the companies announced Tuesday. Yahoo! will have a link to its mobile Web site installed …

WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA customers will get exclusive access to ringtones from Grammy-winning artist Faith Evans’ album “The First Lady” as part of its First Dibs program. The offer is …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Radio operator Infinity Broadcasting will team with Hewlett-Packard Co. to offer an interactive music broadcast for U.S. wireless users. The service, called Visual Radio, will deliver local FM …

Music companies are rushing to bring streaming music services to U.S. wireless users, but while the technology exists to provide radio-like offerings to wireless users, the viability of a radio-like …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced a new music service that will offer ringtones of singles before the songs are released to the public. The carrier will offer ringtones in advance of, …

The mobile-gaming waters got even more crowded last week as New York-based publisher Vindigo said it will dive in with “a broad selection” of adventure and casual games later this …

A week has passed without massive carrier consolidation, mergers and world war. Where’s the big news this week? There was a fascinating story on the music on George W. Bush’s …

Cingular Wireless announced a new music service that will offer ringtones of singles before the songs are released to the public. The carrier will offer ringtones in advance of, or …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. released its new 8801 for the Americas market, a sleek, sliding-style EDGE camera phone that features a stainless steel body, specially reinforced glass for the front display, …

LONDON-Young American wireless users will spend nearly $500 million on ringtones, ring-back tones and full-track mobile downloads by 2007, according to new research from mobileYouth. While CD single sales continue …

Around the world, people are quietly using high-tech to stay in touch with a higher power. While cutting-edge applications like mobile TV make headlines, simpler, religious-based offerings are gaining ground. …

Following is a roundup of wireless companies that were either upgraded or downgraded by financial firms this week. Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating on Alamosa Holdings from neutral to …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. is offering a software upgrade for the iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC from Hewlett-Packard Co. The carrier recently suspended sales of the device due to unexplained software …

For U.S. carriers, the race to deploy ringback tones is on. Ringbacks-the clips of music a caller hears instead of a traditional ring before the person being called answers the …

T-Mobile USA Inc. suspended sales of the Hewlett-Packard Co. iPAQ h6315 smart phone due to unexplained software bugs, a move that illustrates the extremely advanced levels of technology packed into …

MusiKube broke an almost year-long silence last week, resurfacing to launch a mobile music identification application that allows users to purchase ringtones directly over their handsets. With the service, called …

MIAMI-Motorola Inc. released a trio of new phones featuring digital music players, although the company’s long-anticipated iTunes-capable device was not in attendance. Motorola executives have said the company will unveil …